Advertising device



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,551,458

' M. M. BETTERLY ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Aug. '29, 1924 2 Shun-Sheet 1 5 IPA.

I MM ,3 e1 ff'l y INVENTOR 2 Shun-Sheet 2 INVENIOR ATTORNEY Aug. 25, 1925.

M. M. BETTERLY ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Aug. 29, 194

Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES P TENT-vopme.

MILTON 1V1:v IBE'J. 'I-E RLY, OF BYRON, MICHIGAN.

, ADVERTISING nnvrcn.

To all whom it may mean.

Be it known that I, MILTON M. BETTERLY,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing-at- Byron, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adve rtis1ng Devices, of which the following is a spec'ifica-.

tion.

This invention relates to an advertising device, the general object of the invention turn so that advertising ma or strip can be ,brought in'front of the transparent part sothat itcan be read. Another object of the invention is to pro vide a door which can happened to expose a part ofthe strip so that advertising matter,

can be placedthereon. a

A further ob ect "ofthe ,invention is-to'i provide coin controlled means "for. opening: door so that the person desiring to'place' advertising matter on vthe strip must first the deposit a suitable coin before the door can be opened to permit. the matter to be on the strip.- e I This invention also consists incertain other featuresv of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described,

illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my-invention in detail, reference will "be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev eral views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the device.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

Figure 4; is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional View showing the coin controlled means with the door in open position.

Figure 6 isa similar view but showing the door in closed position.

Figure 7 is a view of one end of the coin receiving roller. 7

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view showing the pin connection between two parts of the casing. I

In these views, 1 indicates an L-shaped tter on the sheet placed Application filed August 29, 1924. Serial No 235,039. i

casing which has its frontface' formed in v part of a transparent plate 2 and which has a window 3 and a hinged door f1 in the upper face of its horizontal part. A table 5 is arranged underthe door andan. endless j strip [6 is placedin the casing and passes over a large roller 7 on the horizontal part thereof and over the guiding rollers 8 80: that a portion of the" strip will appear in rear of the transparentmember 2 so that advertising matter onsaid strip can be read through said transparent member. By arranging the guiding rollers as shown in Fig ure4 a strip of great length can be placed in the device. This strip. passesover the table 5 so that whenthe' doorl is opened advertising matter can be written or otherwiseplaced on the sheet,-the table 5 supporting the part of the sheet receiving the advertising matter. The roller 7 is provided 7 each 'ofthemembers 3 and10 and the locks at the other end. The door4 engages a cut-out part at the inner edge of the window; The rearof the casemayfbe made in the form of ahinged door as shown at13'. j

' I use coin controlled means for preventing the doorA from being opened untila suit ablec'oin hasbeen dropped intl1e device. Such means comprises a pair of toothed spaced members 14 on the roller 7, the teeth of which are designed to receive opposite edges of a coin so that the coin will bridge the space between the members and thus act as an abutment which engages the end of an angle bar 15 which is movably held to one side of the casing by the pins 16. engaging the slots 17 in the two parts" of said bar. This bar is connected by a clip 18 with a rod 19 which has its inclined ends connected with the lower face of the door. A link 20 is pivoted to the center of the bar 15 and has its other end pivoted to a link 21 which is pivoted at 22 to an inner wall of the cas ing. A'link 23 is pivoted to the link 20 adjacent the lower end of said link and the outer end of link 23 is curved and pivoted to a lever 24 which is pivoted to a wall of the case at its lowerend and is arranged to pass between the toothed members 14: when the door is open. A spring 25 is fastened to said lever'24: and to a bracket 26 in the case and tends to hold the parts in their forward position with the door closed, as shown in Figure 6. A coin chute 27 is formed in the window 8 in such a manner that a coin inserted intothe same will pass into the space between the members 14. and engage some of the teeth of said members so that said coin will bridge the space between the members,

' as shown at A in Figures 5 and 6. Then the handle 9 is turned to pivotally rotate the roller 7 which will cause the coin to press against the bar 15 and force it towards the rear of the case. The pin and slot connection of the bar with the case will cause the bar to move upwardly as it moves rearwardly and thus itwill swing the door 4 upwardly to open position, as shown in Figure 5. During this action the links will cause the lever 24 to move within the space between the members 14. With the door in open position a portion of the strip 6 will be exposed through said door so that advertising matter can be written or otherwise placed on this exposed portion. WVhen the parts reach open position further movement of the roller is impossible and after the advertisement has been placed on the strip the handle is turned in an opposite direction and this will cause the coin to strike the part of the strip in front of the transparent member 2.

Thus I' have produced simplemeans for placing advertising matter on a strip contained-within a casing-with coin controlled means for preventing access tothe strip until a suitable coin has been dropped into the device.

It is thought from the foregoing descrip tion that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may mak changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

\ Vhat I claim is 1. In a coin control device, a movable member, a slidably supported bar connected with the same, a rock shaft having coin re ceiving slots therein, means permitting the shaft to be rocked to bring a coin held in some of the slots against the bar to move the same to actuate the member, a pivoted lever adapted to be engaged by the coinon the reverse movement of the rock shaft and means for connecting said lever with the bar to return the bar and the member to which it is connected to their normal positions.

2. In a coin controlled apparatus including a casing and a door therein, a slotted bar connected with the door, pins passing through the slots therein and engaging the casing for slidably supporting the bar on the casing, a rock shaft in the casing having an annular groove therein with coin receiving slots in the side walls of the groove, a handle for moving the shaft in one direction to bring a coin in some of the grooves against the end of'the bar to move the same longitudinally to open the door, a pivoted lever in the casing adapted to be engaged by the coin on the reverse movement of the rock shaft and links connecting the lever with the bar for returning the parts to their normal positions when the lever is operated by the coin.

MILTON M. BETTERLY. 

